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Celebrity chefs Amanda Freitag and Michael Solomonov discuss culinary diplomacy
Lauren Bernstein, Michael Solomonov, Michael Weisberg, and Amanda Freitag pose in front of a Perry World House sign.

At Perry World House, (left to right) Lauren Bernstein, founder and CEO of The Culinary Diplomacy Project, Zahav Chef Michael Solomonov, Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg, and celebrity chef Amanda Freitag.

(Image: Courtesy of Perry World House)

Celebrity chefs Amanda Freitag and Michael Solomonov discuss culinary diplomacy

Perry World House hosted a lively conversation moderated by former Visiting Fellow Lauren Bernstein that highlighted how chefs can promote cross-cultural awareness through global culinary engagement. 

Kristen de Groot

‘A New Age of Nuclearity? Great Powers and Greater Consequences’
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu speaks at Penn's Perry World House.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu  in a conversation with Washington Post foreign affairs reporter Adam Taylor. 

(Image: Eddy Marenco)

‘A New Age of Nuclearity? Great Powers and Greater Consequences’

Perry World House’s 2023 Global Order Colloquium took a deep dive into current nuclear issues, looking at how the world will manage nuclear threats amid growing geopolitical tension, climate change challenges, and international conflict.

Kristen de Groot

Marking a monumental death
A person is shown holding a photo of Mahsa Amini, a woman who was killed in police custody in Iran in 2022.

A portrait of Mahsa Amini held during a rally Oct. 1, 2022 calling for regime change in Iran following the death of Amini, who died after being arrested in Tehran by Iran’s morality police.

(Image: AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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    • Marking a monumental death

    In honor of the first anniversary of the killing of Mahsa (Jîna) Amini in Iran and the subsequent outpouring of protest, Penn will host a two-day conference on violence against women.

    Kristen de Groot

    The Chilean coup, 50 years later
    A row of soldiers lying on their stomachs take cover as La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace, is bombed.

    On Sept. 11, 1973, soldiers supporting the coup led by Augusto Pinochet took cover as bombs are dropped on the Presidential Palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile.

    (Image: AP Photo/Enrique Aracena)

    The Chilean coup, 50 years later

    Two conversations mark the 50th anniversary of the military takeover on Sept. 11, 1973, discussing its political and historical implications.

    Kristina García

    A historian’s look at the ‘illusions of progress’
    Man in laborer clothes holds shovel, smokes a pipe and looks at his paycheck by a sign reading "USA Work Program WPA"

    A Works Progress Administration worker receives his paycheck, 1939.

    (Image: Courtesy of the National Archives)

    A historian’s look at the ‘illusions of progress’

    A new book by historian Brent Cebul looks at the successes and failures of American liberalism, from the New Deal to the 1990s and beyond.

    Kristen de Groot